Ivanhoe

A warm and compassionate Registered Psychologist (Clinical Registrar) currently completing the Registrar Program at Melbourne Children’s Psychology Clinic. Olivia completed undergraduate training in Psychology at La Trobe University in 2021 and a Master of Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology in 2024.

Olivia has a rich background spanning 8 years in mental health, including providing early intervention for autistic children, offering support and training to parents, support coordination and behaviour support for NDIS clients and their families, facilitating and coordinating support groups and supervising an Anxiety & OCD Helpline. As a provisional psychologist, Olivia worked at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, where she provided individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds, and group therapy for Aboriginal women in custody and AOD rehabilitation. Olivia also supported mother-child dyads in a parent-led CBT program for children with anxiety and conducted child intelligence and educational assessments through the Swinburne Psychology Clinic.

Olivia is particularly passionate about working with children and their families, with special interests in early childhood development, neurodiversity, behavioural challenges, perinatal mental health, and parent-child attachment.